Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth. ALAN LADD BeingDeprivationGoodLonelinessOffsetYouth
If you don’t vary your tones you can’t get pretty tired of your own voice. ALAN LADD PrettyTireToneVaryVoice
I’m no good with words but I’ll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am. ALAN LADD GoodGratefulShowTimeWayWord
I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen. ALAN LADD DownFallFeelMyselfneverScreen
It’s a funny thing about me. I don’t have any interest in food most of the time now. ALAN LADD FoodFunnyInterestMostNowThingTime
You figure it can’t ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last ALAN LADD BadEverFigureGetLastLikeLongThingWonder
I’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life. ALAN LADD GoodGuyHollywoodInsecureLifeMost
I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. ALAN LADD AnyoneBigEnoughImpressOnePartPeoplePicture
I’ve always had a great respect for the picture business. It’s been good to me. ALAN LADD AlwaysBusinessGoodGreatPictureRespect
I take our youngsters with us because I don’t know anything that teaches them so much. ALAN LADD Know AnythingMuchSoTakeTeachYoungster
I know what’s good for me. I can’t play black or gray. I can’t be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white. ALAN LADD AnythingBlackCloseGoodKnowPlayVillain
If you can figure out my success on the screen you’re a better man than I. ALAN LADD BetterFigureManScreenSuccess
Maybe I can’t act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what’s good for me. ALAN LADD ActGimmickGoodKnowLifeMeStudy
Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material. ALAN LADD EnoughFloodMaterialNobodyStandStrongUnderWeak
I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I’m not, and there’s no use wishing ALAN LADD Could WalkEverybodyLovePlaceTypeWish
A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting. ALAN LADD ActBuildingCostumeEverythingKnowProducerSet
I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve. ALAN LADD AutographHellMoveNerveRefuseStarThink
I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then ALAN LADD ActEntireFewLearnLifeMoreMothPeople
I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me. ALAN LADD ComeCornerDeathMyselfSitSomeoneTalkTickle
It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office ALAN LADD BoxKnowMoneyOfficeOnlyPeoplePersonalityReasonableRightSeemVirtual
I’m shy and can’t for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. ALAN LADD AroundBackBargeLifePeopleShySlap
I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I’ll leave the scenery chewing to someone else. ALAN LADD ChewElseEntertainMakePictureScenerySomeoneWant